Lie on your side with hips and knees bent at 45 degrees. Keeping feet together, open your top knee as far as you can without shifting your pelvis or lower back. Pause at the top before closing back ...

Palpation of the greater trochanter and several clinical pain provocation tests applying compressive and tensile loads on the gluteal tendons were investigated. MRI of the painful hip was examined by ...

Although it has been reported at various bones, its occurrence in the greater trochanter is rare. We describe two patients, 4 and 14 years old, with mild pain of the hip joint and limping without ...

Alendronate has been shown to increase bone mineral density (BMD) and decrease fracture risk in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, but the need for long-term treatment is unclear, especially ...

Results: The most frequently affected sites were the greater trochanter and supraspinatus insertion (∼20%). Patients with enthesitis had significantly greater scores for the BASDAI, BASFI, patient ...

Ischiofemoral impingement of greater trochanter-ischial tuberosity: diagnosis by MRI A 19-year-old taekwondo athlete presented pain in the groin, gluteal, and posterior aspect of the left thigh ...

Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (previously known as trochanteric bursitis) may also reflect altered biomechanics of the ITBF, that explain the frequent association of trochanteric pain syndrome ...

Introduction Population ageing in Africa is increasing healthcare demands. Hip fractures require multidisciplinary care and are considered an indicator condition for age-related health services. We ...